Integrity in Testing for Lead in Military Housing Act of 2019

Integrity in Testing for Lead in Military Housing Act of 2019

This bill requires the Department of Defense to establish a policy under which a certified lead-based paint inspector or risk assessor may access a military installation in order to conduct lead testing.

The bill requires the imposition of penalties upon military personnel for failure to provide testing results to relevant government agencies (the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the case of an installation located outside the United States) or obstruction of the testing.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2252 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2252

 To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a policy relating to 
                lead testing on military installations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2019

Mr. Kildee (for himself and Ms. Speier) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a policy relating to 
                lead testing on military installations.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Integrity in Testing for Lead in 
Military Housing Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICY ON LEAD TESTING ON MILITARY 
              INSTALLATIONS.

    (a) Policy Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a 
policy under which--
            (1) a qualified individual may access a military 
        installation for the purpose of conducting lead testing on the 
        installation, subject to the approval of the Secretary; and
            (2) the results of any lead testing conducted on a military 
        installation shall be transmitted--
                    (A) in the case of a military installation located 
                inside the United States, to relevant Federal, State, 
                and local agencies; and
                    (B) in the case of a military installation located 
                outside the United States, to the Centers for Disease 
                Control and Prevention.
    (b) Penalties.--As part of the policy established under subsection 
(a), the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe penalties for any member 
of the Armed Forces--
            (1) who is responsible for transmitting the results of lead 
        testing on a military installation to Federal, State, and local 
        agencies or to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
        pursuant to the policy, and who does not so transmit such 
        results; or
            (2) who impedes or obstructs the conduct of lead testing on 
        a military installation by a qualified individual approved to 
        conduct such testing pursuant to the policy.
    (c) Relationship to Security Measures and Access Standards.--
Nothing in this section shall be construed to supercede any Department 
of Defense or local security measure or any access standard.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``Armed Forces'' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 101(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code.
            (2) The term ``United States'' has the meaning given such 
        term section 101(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code.
            (3) The term ``qualified individual'' means an individual 
        who is certified by the Environmental Protection Agency or by a 
        State as--
                    (A) a lead-based paint inspector; or
                    (B) a lead-based paint risk assessor.
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